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RELAX
Definition of RELAX
verb
To make something loose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”). By surface analysis, re- + lax (“open, free, loose”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RELAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
RELAX starts with R and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AELRX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RELAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found RELAX?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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